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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
2
Ashley Bartlett reports on the dictograph a compact covert listening device with transmitter receiver battery and wire. It can be placed in rooms for secret recordings as evidence and has been used in bribery cases in Ohio San Francisco and Toronto to obtain verbatim testimony.
Windsor argues in Popular Mechanics that coal reserves may last 175 years in Engtana and urges shifting from crude mining and transport to large scale electric generation with power delivered by wires. He warns against wasteful practices and foresees future difficulties if current methods persist.
The article notes that U S investors lose over 100 million dollars yearly to stock swindles and patent medicine schemes. Kansas first to enact a blue sky law limiting fraud, but the measure covers only stock selling and misses scams targeting the ill and vulnerable. Medical associations urge extending protections nationwide to combat patent medicine and mail order quackery.
Beemen meet at the Court House on the second Saturday in April at 2 p.m. to discuss proposed importation from Salt Lake City honey bees with foul brood infection, hear a paper by James Marshall on increasing the yards, and arrange purchase of honey cans.
A Vernal resident urges urgent support for a Carnegie library building. The letter praises the library’s role, schools, and reading habits, calling for a suitable Vernal Public Library building with Carnegie backing. It emphasizes reading foundation and community growth.
The Geological Survey reports a sweeping program withdrawing coal, phosphate and water power lands from entry. It notes valuation advances, rising land withdrawals, and planned classifications to restore or manage resources across western states and beyond. It highlights petroleum deposits, naval fuel needs, and large phosphate reserves as key public assets.
The Utah Agricultural College introduces a six month Colonist's Course taught by correspondence to educate new arrivals about Utah's resources and settlement potential. The program covers geography, irrigation, dry farming, land values, agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, and more and may include personal visits. Several local residents travel to Salt Lake for conferences on the program.
Meadag Good Housekeeping compiles lamb souffle with cream sauce bacon and egg yolk, then fold stiff whites and bake in cups. Also includes deviled kidneys with tomato and crumbs baked in shells and a cream dessert with gelatine and orange juice.
The report covers seed contracts for Indians including 1800 Iba of potatoes and 2500 pounds of potatoes contracted to the UW. It notes a suspension foot bridge over the Duchesna and community cooperation. Local residents visit and transact business. farming in the spring gains interest with land being plowed and leveled. The Randlett Government farm station received a fine black Stallion for breeding to raise horse standards.
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